Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 575 Don't cry without seeing the coffin

Yangzhou Dongdu stayed in the office, and Zhang Zhao sneered while reading the information in the wax pill.

Although Li Jingjun and his ministers knew that Chuzhou would not go back, they still wanted to take Tianchang back.

As for Yangzhou and Taizhou, let alone, of course they have to take them back.

Comparing the history, it can be seen that the confidence of the Southern Tang monarchs and ministers at this time is still much higher than that in the history of the attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

In history, not to mention Chuzhou, Li Jing was willing to cede Shouzhou, Haozhou, Sizhou, Guangzhou, etc., basically giving up the entire Huainan.

Moreover, the Hou Zhou army at that time had not captured Yangzhou.

The reason for the huge gap between before and after is none other than Zhang Zhao's current situation, which is not as good as that of Hou Zhou, who has all the Central Plains.

At that time, in the Later Zhou Dynasty, there was only the disease of ringworm and scabies in the Northern Han Dynasty, but now Zhang Zhao, not to mention the land of Hebei, was still facing the threat of Liu Zhiyuan.

Moreover, the Northern Han Dynasty in the later Zhou Dynasty was not the same as the current Liu Zhiyuan.

The last essence of Daibei and Hedong warriors was brought into the Central Plains by Liu Zhiyuan in history, and then almost lost at the turn of the Han and Zhou dynasties.

By the time the Northern Han Dynasty was established, Daibei and Hedong warriors had withdrawn from the stage of history.

In history, the pillars of the Northern Han regime were actually Tuyuhun Bing and Linzhou Yang Jiye and others, but at this time, Liu Zhiyuan still had the last essence in his hands.

From the top to bottom of the Southern Tang Dynasty, they were so sure that they could return to Yangzhou and Taizhou, because they believed that Zhang Zhao must return to the Central Plains as soon as possible to prepare for the battle with Liu Zhiyuan.

As for the second information, it is even more important. Zhang Zhao saw several familiar names in this list, Lin Renzhao, He Jingzhu, Zhu Lingyun, and Chen Hui.

Among them, He Jingzhu defended Ezhou with thousands of soldiers and horses during the attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Later Zhou Dynasty, avoiding the overall collapse of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Lingyun was called the last hope of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but because of bad luck, the wind reversed and burned himself to death.

Although the commanding power is a little insufficient, it is no problem to lead thousands of troops relying on his outstanding personal force and charm.

Chen Huo was a famous naval commander of the Five Dynasties. If it was not because he was from Fujian and was not reused by the Southern Tang court in history, he would have embarrassed the later Zhou navy. He was even as famous as Lin Renzhao and a famous general in the late Southern Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention Lin Renzhao, loyal, courageous, courageous and resourceful, he was the white jade pillar of the late Southern Tang Dynasty.

No wonder Li Jing feels that he has capital now, and his feelings are forced by himself, forcing out all the famous generals in the late Southern Tang Dynasty. It seems that there are more than [-] people, and it is not easy to solve.

However, this also proves in fact that Zhang Zhao really does not have the ability to destroy Southern Tang now.

If we really want to have this strength, when the army rushes to Yangzhou, a navy can be arranged upstream, from Kuizhou (Fengjie, Chongqing) or Jiangling to the south, attacking from left to right, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will be destroyed early.

However, although Nan Tang's strength has not been eaten up so far, since he has received a tip, it will not make it easy for Li Jing.

Zhang Zhao immediately summoned Zhao Yanjin, Hou Renbao, and Du Lun Chixin, and told them that the powerful navy generals from the Southern Tang Dynasty would come and attack the newly established military port and warships in the Guabu area.

At the same time, Ma Shacai and Gao Huaide were sent to lead [-] troops to the west to support Li Cunhui.

You think Lao Tzu's navy can't cross the river without success, right?
The water surface of Yanziji is wide, and there are all the naval forces of the Southern Tang Dynasty here. It is indeed difficult to cross by force, but there is not only one place on the Yangtze River.

On the second day, Zhang Zhao summoned the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty here, and publicly stated that he led the army to the south, not invading south for no reason, but because Li Jing was rude first.

The envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty immediately knew that this statement meant they could be discussed, so they left one after another, wanting to return to Jiangning as soon as possible to report the good news to Li Jing.

And after Li Jing received Feng Yanlu's reward, he also knew that all the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty had received Zhou Zhanzhao's reward, and even gave them a special banquet. For some reason, he felt a little contemptuous in his heart.

Li Jing took Zhang Zhaohou's treatment of the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty as a signal that Zhang Zhao also wanted to end the war quickly and return to the north.
Li Jing hurriedly discussed the matter with his confidant courtiers. Chang Mengxi, Xiao Yan and other ministers with reputations of uprightness and incorruptibility all agreed with Li Jing's guess.

They all thought that Liu Zhiyuan in Hedong must have changed. Xiao Yan even thought that Zhang Zhao would take the initiative to retreat without too much compensation.

The corner of Feng Yansi's mouth twitched, Chang Mengxi, Xiao Yan and the others were just bookish, and had no knowledge of military matters at all.

From the point of view of Jiangbei Zhou army, its bravery is invincible, Liu Zhiyuan is only tens of thousands of soldiers, even if he goes south, can he break Tokyo overnight?
On the contrary, Zhou Jun, if he really wants to launch a ruthless force to cross the river, he can hit Jiangning in no time.

But Li Jing was in high spirits now, as a favorite minister, of course he wouldn't go up and say something disappointing, so Feng Yansi resolutely chose to shut up.

Seeing the generosity and blood said by the comrades behind him, Prime Minister Zuo Pushe Sun Sheng didn't think so.

This gentleman is also from the Central Plains of Nanben. He followed Li Cunxu's favorite minister Zhu Shouyin in his early years. After Zhu Shouyin failed in the rebellion and was killed in the Xuanwu Jiedu envoy, Sun Sheng chose to go south.

Therefore, he can be regarded as a well-informed soldier among a group of colleagues who are mostly scholars.

Hearing the people around him getting more and more outrageous, Sun Sheng, who didn't want to come out at first, could only frown and go out to play Li Jing.

"Saint, Jiangning is on the bank of the great river, and Tokyo is on the bank of the great river. The distance between the two places is thousands of miles. I am waiting in the south. How can I know what is going on in the north?

What's more, the king of Peiping is far away in Hebei, but Zhou's army is close at hand. How can Yuan be able to save those who are near? "

Han Xizai also came out and said: "It's true what Sun Xianggong said, the distance is so far, if there are really police in Hebei, and they are in a hurry, Master Zhou has already gone north, and it will not be so safe.

As an envoy, I will go to Jiangbei to find out for His Majesty. If Master Zhou is really eager to return to the north, it is not too late to discuss it. At this time, we still cannot offend Lord Zhou. "

As soon as Li Jing was in high spirits, he was hit twice by Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, and he felt very upset immediately.

He saw that Feng Yansi remained silent, so he turned his head and asked, "How does Mr. Feng think about this? Will Liu Zhiyuan go south at this time?"

Feng Yansi knew what Li Jing wanted, he wanted to follow his words, at least not make Li Jing's guess all wrong, right?
So Feng Yansi couldn't say that Li Jing's words were wrong, but he couldn't agree with them either. After all, Zhou Jun was on the other side of the river, so he could only speak after considering and deliberating.

"Your Majesty has a long-term vision. Judging from the banquet hosted by Lord Zhou, it is true that he is eager to return to the north. It may be that Liu Zhiyuan has gone south.

But even so, Lord Zhou treats our envoys with courtesy, and our Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, so we can't treat polite people with rudeness and provoke again.

The minister believes that we can send more envoys, and His Majesty can also personally write a letter to Lord Zhou. After a few days, we will naturally know the result.

If Liu Zhiyuan really went south, Lord Zhou would definitely be impatient. If Lord Zhou sat down safely, then he should treat each other with courtesy. "

Li Jing nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Then use Han Qing as an envoy to cross the river to see Lord Zhou, the key place in Huainan, if you can get more, then get more."

But what Li Jing didn't know was that the Southern Tang Navy, which had just arrived in Xinlinpu and Yanziji, was planning to give him a big one!

Chen Jue is a foolish and bold person, and he has just conquered Wang Min, which is the time when he is full of ambition.

And He Jingzhu, Huangfuhui, Chen Huo, Lin Renhan, Lin Renzhao and others under his command are not easy-going lamps.

The only difference is that Chen Jue is a fool and bold, but He Jingzhu, Chen Huo, Lin Renzhao and others really think they can fight.

How to say about the water battle at this time, there are generally two tactics, one is to set fire to the boat first, and then take advantage of the chaos of the enemy army to jump to the gang.

The second is that the two sides directly move their ships closer together, board the boards and fight, during which there may be countless small boats shuttled back and forth.

Several people on the small boat operated the boat, and there were many crossbowmen on the boat shooting the enemy everywhere. In the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, it even evolved into a loach boat with wheels to assist it.

However, during the Tang Dynasty, the five-tooth warship as high as a city wall could drop a kerosene bottle condescendingly, beat it with a big clapstick, and place a large ship with a Fuyuan crossbow. At this time, no one has the ability to rebuild it.

So Chen Hui suggested to Chen Jue to take advantage of the dark weather and ask him to lead a small boat to raid the Zhou army's water stronghold first. After opening the gate of the water stronghold, he set fire to the boat and burned all the Zhou army's warships.

Chen Jue, the privy envoy of Chen Jue, is a daring master. In history, he dared to summon troops and horses to attack Fuzhou Li Hongyi who refused to obey orders. Now, under the instigation of the generals, he suddenly felt that there was a great chance of success.

Lin Renzhao and Lin Huzi were only in their teens at this time, and they were extremely impulsive and confident in their skills, but at the same time they were a little ignorant.

He jumped out and shouted to Chen Jue: "Why should the privy envoy hesitate? Even if it can't compare with annihilating Zhou Guo's navy, with me waiting and arrayed under Qingliang Mountain, can the enemy cavalry cross the river safely?"

Qingliang Mountain is the area around Qingliang Temple in the Drum Tower District of Nanjing in later generations. Jiangning in the Five Dynasties was much smaller than Jiankang City in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there was only a small area under Qingliang Mountain.

Strictly speaking, the ancient cities of the Six Dynasties and the Qinhuai River are not within the current scope of Jiangning.

Chen Jue glanced at Lin Renzhao. This boy had tiger tattoos all over his body. He was tall and brave. On the other side was Zhu Lingyun with a forehead and eagle eyes.

Plus a group of former Wang Min elite recruited by Pan Chengyou, all of them are like tigers and wolves.

Chen Jue slapped his thigh, it's done!Ma De, won the young model of the clubhouse, lost the next oh no!If you lose, move your head.

Therefore, Li Jing was still arranging for Han Xi to carry him across the river, and before he could finish writing the letter, the navy of Xinlinpu was dispatched.

Chen Jue appointed Chen Huo as the vanguard and led [-] warships. Taking advantage of the early morning fog in the river, they sailed directly to the Zhou Guoshui army in Guabu.

I have to say that there are always many coincidences in this world, and sometimes there are even coincidences that make people have to believe that there is such a thing as destiny.

Because just the day before Chen Huo led the navy to dispatch, Zhang Zhao received a wax pill reminder from Feng Yanlu.

Just now, an order was given to Du Lun Chixin, deputy envoys Zhao Yanjin and Hou Renbao of the Guabu water army, asking them to beware of the Southern Tang water army's surprise attack.

And the reason why Zhang Zhao reminded Du Lun Chixin and others to be careful as soon as he saw Chen Huo's name was because Chen Huo was unfamiliar to ordinary people, but he was very familiar to Zhang Zhao.

Before crossing, Zhang Zhao met a big guy, who led Zhang Zhao into the armor and full armor circle. This big guy was from Jianzhou, and his surname was Chen, and he claimed to be the descendant of Chen Decheng, the eldest son of Chen Huo.

Zhang Zhao followed him to Nanping, Fujian, and helped him compile the Who's Who of Nanping.

Well, the so-called Who's Who in Nanping is actually this big guy who wants to praise his ancestor Chen Huo, because Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty and Yang Rong, one of the three Yangs of the Ming Dynasty, are included in the Who's Who.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao really had a deep understanding of this person, and knew that this person was very good at water warfare, and he and his son Chen Decheng were both warriors on water, and he liked to use boats as cavalry for long-distance raids and surprise attacks.

Chen Hui was only in his thirties at this time, and his son Chen Decheng was less than ten years old, and he had just come out of Jianzhou (Jianou, Fujian). It was completely unimaginable that he would be betrayed by his suspected descendants more than a thousand years later.

. . . .

Needless to say, Zhou Jun's military discipline, after Zhang Zhao ordered strict precautions, Du Lun set up two water villages at the front and back, prepared fine sand and rocks by the river as fire extinguishing materials, and prepared long bamboo poles as support.

Twenty small boats were also arranged to cruise the river every day from the end of Yinshi to warn.

As a result, what Chen Hui thought was the arrogance and defenselessness of the Zhou army immediately became a joke. The Southern Tang navy was spotted by a boat before it approached, and the water village was notified with a gong as a warning.

Du Lun got up from the bed with a whoosh, he slept in the front village, and when he heard the sound of the gong, he came out to direct the defense.

At the same time, Zhao Yanjin, who was on duty today, got up at the beginning of Yinshi and had already rushed to the front line.

When Chen Huo decisively set fire to the boat when he discovered that Zhou's fleet was coming, Zhao Yanjin was ready.

Since the fireboats of the Southern Tang navy were released along the water, and the soldiers manipulating the fireboats could not engage in suicide attacks, this gave the defender room to maneuver.

Zhao Yanjin arranged hundreds of people to hold long bamboo poles on the big boats on and beside the gate of the village, and when they encountered a fire boat, they would use bamboo poles to hold them back.

At this time, the redispatch had already been prepared, and the ships filled with kerosene went out to start the fire with fire, so that the fire boats of the Southern Tang Army and the fire boats of the Zhou Army were blocked and burned together.

This is equivalent to burning a firebreak. Most of the Southern Tang fireboats were blocked in the water village and burned outside the door.

Although the Zhou army's large ships in the water village were still huddled on the pier, Du Lun Chixin had already built dozens of small boats that could carry fifteen to twenty people.

Before the Southern Tang army attacked, Du Lun Chixin released the small boats.

Zhou Jun only has few sailors, but it is not that there are no sailors.

Du Lun Chixin's more than a thousand sailors were originally from the Huangshui and Lanzhou sections of the Yellow River. After entering the Central Plains, they recruited fishermen from the Yellow River to expand their expansion. When they arrived at the Yangtze River, there were also Han, Chen and other strong fishermen from the waterside clans.

Du Lun Chixin operated the boat with local fishermen, and the Hexi navy armed with divine arm bows and wooden single crossbows shot at the Southern Tang army on the big boat.

These small boats came and went flexibly, and they were more familiar with the hydrology of this section of the river than Chen Huo's sailor boatmen. For a while, they beat the Southern Tang navy to the ground.

Seeing this, Chen Hui ordered the Lin Renzhao brothers to go straight in the big boat, and at the same time released small boats to cooperate with a small number of large boats to hunt down Zhou Jun's small boats.

Lin Renzhao and others rushed into Zhou Jun's water stronghold, but they saw Zhou Jun's boats tied with iron cables, rowing up the mountain, and there were many people holding bows and crossbows at the bows of the boats.

And because the Zhou army connected the boat with iron cables, the crossbowmen could wear armor, while the crossbowmen of the Southern Tang army were basically single-clothed.

Caught off guard, the bow and crossbow crossfire would not be able to take advantage of it at all. Lin Renzhao was brave and knew that the crossbow and crossbow would not be able to shoot against each other, so he shouted to get closer.

When the warships of the two sides collided, Lin Renzhao and his elder brother Lin Renhan each led [-] Jianzhou sharp soldiers and roared up.

To say that this kind of place is relatively bitter and cold, there are really warriors. A thousand Jianzhou sharp soldiers slammed into Zhou Guoxin's new water army dominated by the Shanzhou Baoyi Army, killing them and retreating again and again.

But soon, Lin Renzhao found that he couldn't move anymore. It turned out that he only heard the neighing of war horses. Zhang Zhao personally led the Shandu soldiers to come to reinforce him.

Originally, the navy seldom wore armor, but even if they wore armor, the Southern Tang Dynasty court would not give them much armor for Lin Renzhao and the others.

What Lin Renzhao was facing was a majestic and strong man. The strong man held a short spear in each hand, and the spear shot out like the wind, killing three or four people in a few hits.

Lin Renzhao could tell that this was an extremely difficult opponent. He was about to pounce on him, but he heard a roar from the left, and another giant man with a big ax rushed towards him.

Lin Renzhao quickly changed his target. He jumped suddenly and landed beside the giant man. He swung his knife and stabbed there.

Lin Renzhao was overjoyed, he was sure to pierce the giant man's waist and kidney before the giant man slashed at him.

But the stab went out, but there was an appropriate sound, and the long knife in his hand couldn't go in again.

Lin Renzhao immediately understood that the strange white thing that the giant man was wearing was inner armor, and he didn't have time to think about it, because the giant ax had already struck, Lin Renzhao let out a loud cry, and resisted with the iron shield in his right hand.

But the strength of the giant man was so great that even Lin Renzhao, who had always considered himself to be brave, couldn't resist the blow. He let out a scream and opened his mouth wide, taking off part of the impact.

At the same time, he slammed his foot on the giant man's leg, using the force of the impact to slide hard, out of the giant man's attack range.

But before he could stand up, another general followed with a long spear. This man was very good at marksmanship, and the point of the spear followed him everywhere, never leaving Lin Renzhao's vital point.

At this moment, this arrogant and brave Lin Huzi finally had a trace of fear.

His elder brother Lin Renhan saw that Lin Renzhao was in a tight siege, and just about to come to rescue him, he saw another short, strong man with a double whip rushing from the crowd.

Lin Renhan's skills were far inferior to Lin Renzhao's. He only had a few encounters before he was beaten by this double-whip man until he spat out blood.

Lin Renzhao's eyes were red, and he ran to his elder brother desperately, but the four generals arrived together, Lin Renzhao ran left and right, and was hit in the back by a whip, and fell to the ground vomiting blood.

"It's a bit of a skill. After taking an ax from someone, it's still like a normal person!" Barbarian Xiong laughed as he looked at the iron shield that was about to be hacked by him.

Dunzhu rushed forward and tore Lin Renzhao's shirt open. Sure enough, he heard a colorful tiger tattoo, which looked good, and he immediately grinned.

"It really is Lin Huzi of Jianzhou that the sage said."

Lin Renzhao, who was 17 years old, didn't know what these people were going to do, and felt extremely humiliated, he roared loudly when he was pushed to the ground.

"Kill me! You guys killed me!"

This future famous general is still pink and tender at the moment, and belongs to the fledgling.

Over there, Wang Tongtong dragged his elder brother Lin Renhan over, and said with a smile, "Why are you yelling so loudly?
It is your honor to be defeated by our brothers. "

Wang Tongtong was really right. As Zhang Shengren's four fierce generals, Manxiong, Dunzhu, Wang Tongtong, and Qiongre Duojin, it was true that they hadn't shot together for a long time.

Here the Lin family brothers were captured, and the Southern Tang navy immediately scattered in fright.

However, outside the water village, the small boats of the Southern Tang Navy began to gain the upper hand by relying on their numbers, but Zhou Jun was fighting and retreating, attracting them to the shore.

It turned out that Zhang Zhao ambushed a large number of trebuchets here, including hundreds of whirlwind cannons.

As soon as the Southern Tang navy moved slowly near the river, it was immediately bombarded by hundreds of trebuchets.

More than ten small boats were smashed on the spot, and dozens of sailors on the big boat were smashed to death, so they had to evacuate in a hurry.

The two sides fought until dawn, Chen Hui saw that the forward Lin Renzhao and others were almost wiped out, so he had no choice but to order a retreat.

Zhang Zhao also blocked Du Lun Chixin and others' request for pursuit, because although Chen Huo retreated, the main force was still there and the order was in order.

If it is on the river, with the ability of its own navy, I am afraid it is still no match.

. . . .

In this battle, the Southern Tang navy lost a dozen generals under the brothers Lin Renhan and Lin Renzhao, lost thousands of elite sailors, and dozens of warships of all sizes.

The results of the battle only burned a small part of the Zhou Guoshui army's outer stronghold, and the raid was so successful that it can be said to have failed.

On the morning of the same day, Li Jing was terrified when he got the news, and he quickly ordered the arrest of Privy Envoy Chen Jue.

Chen Jue was also preparing to escape back to Fuzhou and other places by boat, but was locked up as soon as he left the command post. Zhu Kuangye, Zhu Lingyun and his son, and Chen Huo were also arrested.

Li Jing appointed veteran Pan Chengyou as a consolation envoy to prevent the army from mutinying because of the arrest of the commander-in-chief, and at the same time convened ministers to discuss.

Zhang Zhaoze angrily expelled the officials from the Southern Tang Dynasty who stayed in Jiangbei to liaise, and immediately began to prepare to attack Hezhou and other places westward.

This battle was actually quite dangerous. If Zhang Zhao hadn't obtained Feng Yanlu's secret report and opened a cheat to penetrate the fog of time, someone would have succeeded.

On the second day, Li Jing sent Feng Yanlu to cross Jiang to plead guilty. In front of Feng Yanlu and the Southern Tang envoys, Zhang Zhao roared angrily that he would break Jiangning.

Then he sent envoys to ask Gao Huaide who was stationed in Songzhou and Ma Yaozi who was stationed in Xuzhou to send two thousand elite soldiers to the south.

He also ordered Liu Zaisheng, who was stationed in Guanzhong, to mobilize [-] elite soldiers from Guanzhong to go south for support.

Feng Yanlu wanted to say something else, but this time Zhang Zhao didn't give him face, but immediately ordered Zhao Pu to go to Nanping as an envoy.

Zhang Shengren knew that the people who followed Feng Yanlu must be pretended by Li Jing's confidantes, so he deliberately said in front of them.

"Your lord thinks that I don't have a navy in Great Zhou, do you? Zhao Pu, go to Jiangling and tell Nanping Wang Gao Congjiao that I will pardon his crime of disrespect and let him immediately set up Nanping and the whole country's navy to break Wuchang. He is the king of Hubei.

Wang Jiulang went to Changsha mansion on the occasion of the festival, and ordered Chu Wang Ma Xifan to immediately set up Chu's navy to go south. "

Hearing Zhang Zhao's arrangement, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty were terrified. This is a way to hurt both sides!

It seems that Emperor Zhou was really angry. Even Feng Yanlu didn't dare to stay any longer, so he had to go back to Jiangning to report.

As soon as the envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty left, Zhang Zhao immediately asked people to plant flags in Guabu to Yizheng as suspicious soldiers, and then led an army of [-] to the west.

It seems that if Li Jing is not allowed to despair, he will not be obedient and become the emperor.

And the place Zhang Zhao is going to is Caishiji in Hezhou!
(End of this chapter)